AICC nod to Wazed Ali Choudhury’s appointment as Assam CLP leader

From Our Special Correspondent

GUWAHATI, May 27: The All India Congress Commit-tee (AICC) has approved the proposal for appointment of the leader and deputy leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Assam. Accordingly, senior party leader, Wazed Ali Choudhury has been appointed as leader of the CLP in Assam, while newly-elected MLA from Nowboicha, Joy Prakash Das has been appointed as deputy leader.

The appointments came into effect from Tuesday, ac-cording to a statement issued by the party’s general secretary, KC Venugopal.

The announcement came in the wake of intense discussions within the party regarding the leadership structure of the CLP in Assam amid the ongoing session of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly.